Visvaksena-samhita [sanskrit]

33,819 words | ISBN-13: 9788179070383

The Sanskrit text of the Visvaksena-samhita, an ancient Vaishnava Agama, belonging to the Pancaratra tradition. An important topic discussed in the Samhita is that Aniruddha created Brahma and Brahma created all the men and women of the four castes. Visvaksena (lit. “lord of hosts”) is a sort of chief minister to God in all heavenly and mundane affairs. Alternative titles: Viśvaksenāsaṃhitā (विश्वक्सेनासंहिता), Viśvaksenā-saṃhitā (विश्वक्सेना-संहिता), Vishvaksenasamhita, Vishvaksena, Visvaksenasamhita.

Verse 39.346

सर्वदानं ततः कुर्यात् ब्राह्मणेभ्यो यथाक्रमम् ।
एवं तद्वर्धयित्वा तु पञ्चाशद्वत्सरान्तकम् ॥ 346 ॥

sarvadānaṃ tataḥ kuryāt brāhmaṇebhyo yathākramam |
evaṃ tadvardhayitvā tu pañcāśadvatsarāntakam || 346 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.346 is contained in the book The Pancaratra Agamas (an Introduction) by Swami Harshananda. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

Buy now! English translation by Swami Harshananda (2002)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (39.346). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarvadana, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Brahmana, Yatha, Akramam, Akrama, Tat, Pancashat, Vatsarantaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 39.346). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “sarvadānaṃ tataḥ kuryāt brāhmaṇebhyo yathākramam
  • sarvadānam -
  • sarvadāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • kuryāt -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third single]
  • brāhmaṇebhyo* -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
    brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • akramam -
  • akramam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    akrama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    akrama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    akramā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kram (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single], [aorist active first single]
    kram (verb class 4)
    [aorist active first single]
  • Line 2: “ evaṃ tadvardhayitvā tu pañcāśadvatsarāntakam
  • Cannot analyse *evam*ta
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vardhayitvā -
  • vardh -> vardhayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vardh]
    vṛdh -> vardhayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vṛdh]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • pañcāśad -
  • pañcāśat (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • vatsarāntakam -
  • vatsarāntaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
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